Old Records = Crafty Goodness

Well yet again I have to dig into the past. A craft project, any craft project is good. but when the person who is making a craft has a thought process it sort of transfers to a bit more. Now others might not see this but the person I made it for did. My friend Kathy (Hi Kathy) had a lovely cat name Dolly. Dolly left this world after a happy life and wonderful care by her family. If I don't tell you anymore can you figure it out. I think you can. On a lighter note did you know scroll saws cut old vinyl records. Yep those blades just eat through vinyl. I love cutting up old records. The next time you are at a garage sale, pick one up, break it, crack it, cut it, or even melt it (a 250 degree oven for like 1 minute works) and make something fun. Ya know what you can take a fav album go to the craft store and buy a clock movement and make a clock (the hole is already drilled). Whatever you do with it you will enjoy what you have made. Have a great night and thanks for visiting!
Lysa

Let's Talk Purses

Hey All,
I know I wanted to focus this blog on papercrafts but I am just not there yet. A few years back I got caught up in this reuse, reduce, recycle, & repurpose mode. I was down in LBI (favorite Jersey beach area) and I came across a purse made from an old record album. Gotta tell you it was love at first sight and after a quick study and a large $$$ purchase I knew I could make these with a bit of effort. So true to form and true to Lysa, instead of a slow approach the first thing I tried was to tape a record to one of my cutting mats and run it through my KnK cutter. yeah like I put 150 lines into the software and thought it would cut through a circa 1972 vinyl record album. OK OK so it didn't work. But admit it you would try it too. Need I say I tried with my cricut expression as well. So I went back to the drawing board and used my fisker paper timer to cut the record. All it needed was a bit of elbow grease and masking tape to keep it steady. I punched the holes and set the eyelets with my crop-a-dile. I stopped using regular old records and started buying new picture disc records to make them as gifts. Here are some pictures of my favorites and if anyone wants instructions or wants to make one, feel free to post a comment and I will help any way I can. Bare with me as I try to learn to post pictures in a orderly fashion. Thanks again for visiting and enjoy the day!
Lysa